Primary Amphipathic Cell-Penetrating Peptides: Structural Requirements and Interactions with Model Membranes
| Autor: | Gilles Divita, Sébastien Deshayes, Frédéric Heitz, Christian Le Grimellec, Thomas Plénat, Gudrun Aldrian-Herrada |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
| Předmět: |
chemistry.chemical_classification
Chemistry Circular Dichroism Molecular Sequence Data Cell Phospholipid Membranes Artificial Peptide Microscopy Atomic Force Biochemistry chemistry.chemical_compound Crystallography medicine.anatomical_structure Membrane Spectroscopy Fourier Transform Infrared Amphiphile Monolayer Sheet structure medicine Nucleic acid Biophysics Adsorption Amino Acid Sequence Peptides |
| Zdroj: | Biochemistry. 43:7698-7706 |
| ISSN: | 1520-4995 0006-2960 |
| Popis: | To identify rules for the design of efficient cell-penetrating peptides that deliver therapeutic agents into subcellular compartments, we compared the properties of two closely related primary amphipathic peptides that mainly differ by their conformational state. On the basis of a peptide Pbeta that is nonstructured in water and that promotes efficient cellular uptake of nucleic acids through noncovalent association, we have designed a peptide [Palpha] that is predicted to adopt a helical conformation. We show that [Pbeta] undergoes a lipid-induced conformational transition into a sheet structure, while [Palpha] remains helical. Penetration experiments show that both peptides can spontaneously insert into phospholipid membranes. Analysis of compression isotherms indicates that both peptides interact with phospholipids in the liquid expanded and liquid condensed states. AFM observations reveal that the peptides strongly disrupt the lipid organization of the monolayers and that the conformational state can influence the uptake by model membranes. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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